Medical Device-Tax Delay Turns Focus of U.S. Budget Fight
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About $30 billion in medical-device taxes that are helping to fund Obamacare has become one of the main sticking points in congressional negotiations to end the U.S. government shutdown.
The House of Representatives, led by Republicans, plans to vote as early as today on a debt-limit bill that includes a two-year delay in the medical-device tax. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, intends to reject any budget resolution or debt deal that includes a repeal of the tax.